Meeting documents

 

DONCASTER METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

 

AWARDS, GRANTS AND TRANSPORT (APPEALS) COMMITTEE

 

21ST OCTOBER, 2014

 

A Meeting of the AWARDS, GRANTS AND TRANSPORT (APPEALS) COMMITTEE was held at the CIVIC OFFICE, DONCASTER on TUESDAY, 21ST OCTOBER, 2014, at 10.30 A.M.

 

PRESENT:

Chair - Councillor Sue Knowles

 

Councillors Susan Bolton, Linda Curran, Neil Gethin, Ken Keegan and

Martin Williams.

 

APOLOGIES

 

An apology for absence was received from the Vice-Chair Councillor Tracey Leyland-Jepson

 

1.         DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

 

Councillor Linda Curran declared an interest in agenda item 5B, by virtue that she knew of the family but she was not known to the applicant.

 

2.         MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON 2ND SEPTEMBER, 2014  

 

            RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held on 2nd September, 2014, be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

 

3.         EXCLUSION OF PUBLIC AND PRESS

 

            RESOLVED that the public and press be excluded from the meeting in accordance with Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, as amended, on the grounds that exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12(A) of the Act, was likely to be disclosed.

 

4.        APPLICATIONS FOR TRANSPORT ASSISTANCE

 

The Committee considered Appeals in relation to transport assistance.

 

RESOLVED that

 

4. (a)  having considered all the circumstances and the information set out in the report, Case No. 1198 be    granted until the end of the 2014/15 academic year.

 

                            (b)   having considered all the circumstances and the                                 information set out in the report, Case No. 1199 be                                  granted until the end of the 2014/15 academic year.

                                     

(c)   having considered all the circumstances and the         information set out in the report, Case No. 1200 be           refused; on the grounds that the reasons put forward in         support of the appeal did not merit the Committee        exercising its discretion to make an exception and award a bus pass.

 

(d)   having considered all the circumstances and the         information set out in the report, Case No. 1201 be           refused; on the grounds that the reasons put forward in         support of the appeal did not merit the Committee        exercising its discretion to make an exception and award a bus pass.

 

(e)   having considered all the circumstances and the         information set out in the report, Case No. 1202 be           refused; on the grounds that the reasons put forward in         support of the appeal did not merit the Committee        exercising its discretion to make an exception and award a bus pass.

 

(f)    having considered all the circumstances and the         information set out in the report, Case No. 1203 be           approved until a school place is allocated  following the          appeal hearing.